专题九 情态动词和虚拟语气

专题九情态动词和虚拟语气

1. “I still haven’t thanked Aunt Lucy for her present.” “It’s time you _____.”

A. do

B. did

C. had

D. would

2. If I hadn’t been lucky enough to meet you. I really _____ wh at I would have done.

A. don’t know

B. hadn’t known

C. wasn’t knowing

D. wouldn’t know

3. “I’ve told everyone about it.” “Oh, I’d rather you _____.”

A. don’t

B. hadn’t

C. could n’t

D. wouldn’t

4. It has been raining for a day, but even though it hadn’t rained, we _____ there by tomorrow.

A. can’t get

B. won’t get

C. hadn’t got

D. wouldn’t get

5. “Do you kn ow his address？” “No, I also wish I _____ where he _____.”

A. knew, live

B. knew, lives

C. know, lives

D. know, lived

6. “Isn’t it about time you _____ to do morning exercises？” “Yes, it is. Would you like to join us？”

A. begin

B. have begun

C. began

D. had begun

7. It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I ____ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown.

A. wouldn’t have fallen

B. had not fallen

C. should fall

D. were to fall

8. He hesitated for a moment before kicking the ball, otherwise he ____ a goal.

A. had scored

B. scored

C. would score

D. would have scored

9. If only he _______ quietly as the doctor instructed, he would not suffer so much now.

A. lies

B. lay

C. had lain

D. should lie

10. With out the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night ____ for us to live.

A. would be freezing cold

B. will be freezing coldly

C. would be frozen cold

D. can freeze coldly

11. I forget where I read the article, or I _____ it to you now. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

A. will show

B. would show

C. am going to show

D. am showing

12. “It looks a s if he were drunk.” “So it does. _____.”

A. He’d better give up drinking

B. He shouldn’t have drunk so much

C. Health is more important than drink

D. I wonder why he is always doing so

13. “Mary looks hot and dry” “So _____ you if you had so high a fever.”

A. do

B. are

C. will

D. would

14. “He will come tomorrow.” “But I’d rather he _____ the day after tomorrow.”

A. will come

B. is coming

C. came

D. had come

15. All the doctors in the hospital insisted that he ____ badly wounded and that he ____ at once.

A. should be; be operated on

B. were; must be operated on

C. was; should be operated

D. was; be operated on

16. ______ smoking, he would not have got cancer in the lung.

A. Was he given up

B. Had he given up w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

C. Did he give

D. If he gave up

17. “I still haven’t thanked Aunt Lucy for her present.” “It’s time you _____.”

A. do

B. did

C. had

D. would

18. “Do you know his address？” “No, I also wish I _____ where he _____.”

A. knew, live

B. knew, lives w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

C. know, lives

D. know, lived

19. It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I ____ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m

A. wouldn’t have fallen

B. had not fallen

C. should fall

D. were to fall

20. Without the air to hold some of the sun’s heat, the earth at night ____ for us to live.

A. would be freezing cold

B. will be freezing coldly

C. would be frozen cold

D. can freeze coldly

21.________ fired, your health care and other benefits will not be immediately cut off.

A. Would you be

B. Should you be

C. Could you be

D. Might you be

22.You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman _____ be so rude to a lady.

A. might

B. need

C. should

D. would

23.—Excuse me. But I want to use your computer to type a report.

—You _____have my computer if you don’t take care of it .

A. shan’t

B. might not

C. needn’t

D. shouldn’t

24. He _____ have completed his work; otherwise, he wouldn’t be enjoying himself by the seaside.

A. should

B. must

C. wouldn’t

D. can’t

25. I ______ have been more than six years old when the accident happened.

A. shouldn’t

B. couldn’t

C. mustn’t

D. needn’t

26. There _____ be any difficulty about passing the road test since you have practiced a lot in the driving school.

A. mustn’t

B. shan’t

C. shouldn’t

D. needn’t

27. I was on the highway when this car went past fol. Lowed by a police car. They